In general, all investors know that out of 100 investments only 10 will hit the jackpot (or grow into a unicorn company). Let’s play with the numbers a bit further. Now, out of every 1,000 pitches an investor receives, he will fund only 100 or even less. Statistically, the odds for your success are not that great. However, you can double your chances for getting funded by crafting a pitch that is just too good to resist....
1. Sleep as Android Sleep as Android app enables you to track your sleeping habits by connecting your phones attachable sensors. It monitors your state of sleep, your lack of sleep and even your snoring habits. It then compiles a report which you can easily access. This app also has a wake easy function that works in conjunction with your alarm, as it slowly and gently wakes you up with a variety of soothing sounds....
Whether you want to start cooking lunch with a spiffy new app or just relax, order food, and play a good game, these apps are here to save the day. Take a look at a few of the selections below to make sure you can enjoy this fall. Shadow Bug Being a superhero would be pretty cool. But how much cooler does being an super powerful ninja sound? With Shadow Bug, you’re the ninja, and you have an important mission: save your home forest from the evil factory by slicing monsters to pieces....
Dick Costolo, Twitter’s CEO since October 2010, has today announced that he will be stepping down from his current role. In a letter sent to shareholders it stated, “Costolo will continue to serve on Twitter’s Board of Directors, and Dorsey will continue to serve as CEO of Square, Inc., the payments and financial services company he co-founded in 2009.” The search committee for a new CEO will be led by the board’s Lead Independent Director, Peter Currie, and includes board member and investor Peter Fenton and former Twitter CEO Evan Williams....
The meeting will take place on September 13th, ahead of the five-day court battle with the Tesla CEO, arranged to take place later this fall. Since the deal was brought into question, Twitter’s shares have dramatically fallen. Twitter argued that Musk’s reasons for pulling out of the deal was just “buyer’s remorse,” having agreed to pay 38% above Twitter’s stock price shortly before the stock market and Tesla shares began to fall, causing Musk to lose approximately $100 billion....
MapMyfitness will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Under Armour, but they will continue to operate out of their headquarters in Austin, Texas. Valued at $150 million, the deal is expected to close by the end of 2013. Under Armour seeks to add depth to its digital capability, offering athletes an elevated training experience through new digital products and platforms. To that end, MapMyFitness offers athletes the ability to map, record, and share their workouts throughout the community....
Records show that data is growing at a rate of about 59 percent per year globally. Three V’s characterize this growth: Volume: Exponential increase in transactions in today’s world makes the volume an issue. Volume is not only a storage issue, but also a giant analysis issue.Velocity: The speed with which data streams are created and made available to access defines the velocity. Velocity thus involves both matching the speed of data production and the speed of data processing to meet demand....
I decided to do a little studying on the topic and pass along some knowledge for our community. Lets start with the easy stuff, the straight definitions of each term: Copyright– the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 50 years after his or her death....
Having just stepped off a panel at a conference aimed primarily at technology investors, Ali Shah is a man in a hurry. He is, after all, a vital cog in the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) — the British body designed to protect people’s data. We’ll only need fifteen or twenty minutes, we tell Shah. “I can do ten or fifteen,” he replies. The Information Commissioner’s Office, or ICO, protects everyone’s data by holding companies ranging from Facebook to shady robocall firms to account, and handing out big fines in the process....
Peter Kowalkowski from SEO Advise shares his thoughts about future SEO trends – “While it’s difficult to anticipate the future, it is conceivable to logically guess improvements that advertisers are liable to find in the year to come.” In light of most recent studies in inbound marketing, Peter expects these changes could happen throughout the following year: SEO will be more than a Search Engine Today’s buyers are more social in their buying habits than they ever were....
With startups, the problem with assumptions is not so much looking like a fool, but failing to gain the explosive growth and revenues you dreamed of. As 500 Startups graduate Kibin tried to grow its editing service, they stumbled into a few roadblocks based on mistaken assumptions. Today, Kibin has become a traditional editing service, where users pay as little as 1 cent per word for editing by experienced professionals....
Fair warning…what this post is about to talk about is state and local taxation, also known by the acronym SALT. The acronym is appropriate because sometimes dealing with this area of tax can be like rubbing the contents of a box of salt into your own eyes. On the plus side, if you understand the basics, you’ll be light years ahead of 99 percent of people, whether you’re selling daily deals or using them to generate customer traffic....
< Secure Your Ticket Here > We’ll have up-and-coming startups on hand showcasing their goods, but before the Mixer kicks off, we want to know what you think – who is DC’s Hottest Showcasing Startup? Let us know your thoughts by answering the poll at the end of this post (ends at 6:00pm local time on the day of the event – get the official rules here). The winner will be announced live at the event and will receive recognition in the editor’s note of the weekly newsletter and added press recognizing the honor of being elected DC’s Hottest Showcasing Startup, as well as a chance for a spot at this year’s national competition, Tech Cocktail Celebrate....
While you might have implemented many strategies to keep your customers happy, having disgruntled employees and high turnover rates could be turning customers away. To remedy this problem, it’s important to create retreats for your employees, especially for those who have done hard work for your company. Reward Employees Depending on the size of your company and the exclusivity of the trip, you’ll want to plan a retreat every six months or at least every year....
The name says it all – WD stands for “water displacement,” and the number 40 represents the fact that this was Larsen’s 40th attempt at developing the formula. Obviously, the market for WD-40 was pretty small, and Larsen was not going to be making millions from this single-use product. But he hooked up with some crafty and creative people and in 1958, the product was made available to consumers to solve problems around the house....
Infographics are particularly prone to common content marketing mistakes. Since infographics are relatively cheap to produce, marketers often opt for a “quantity over quality” approach to infographic marketing. Regardless of the medium, this is a recipe for disaster: churning out lots of thin, poorly constructed content — whether it’s a slapdash blog post, poorly edited video, or elementary infographic that adds no value — is likely to harm your brand more than it helps....
In fact, the site is the number one ranked website on Google for birthdays. Famous Birthdays has profiled 30,000 people, with each person ranked according to actual user activity on the site. As a result, Famous Birthdays has crazy amounts of data around celebrities and their birthdays. When users visit the site, they are greeted with images of all the glitterati’s birthdays for that particular day, plus tomorrow’ birthdays as well....
Brands need to obtain visibility and respect in gaming communities, and Wufasta makes this possible by allowing brands to organize customized promotions. Brands can partner with Wufasta to reward gamers for completing in-game activities and by sponsoring competitive gameplay. These rewards can vary from offline prizes, such as gift cards and merchandise, or online prizes, such as in-game items, downloadable content, or Wufasta’s virtual currency. This business model essentially transforms the gaming ecosystem so that players can use Wufasta™ to pay for in-game purchases, while developers can take advantage of “free-to-play” models and still generate revenue....
For many bosses and business owners, this prompted the question: can we trust employees to carry out their duties with minimal oversight from their managers? For those that answered “no”, employee monitoring (EM) software – programs that are used to surveil staff whilst they work – became a common yet controversial solution. We spoke to the companies that use them, and the employees that are being watched by them....
Don’t launch too soon. One of the biggest and most common mistakes that so many ecommerce entrepreneurs end up making is launching their websites too early. Rushing or forcing things before you are ready can be a huge mistake. You only get one chance to launch your website, so you want to do it right. It is fine to buy your domain name and get a “Coming Soon” page posted. However, don’t have a big launch until you have some substantial ground work laid first, such as paid advertising, social media, content marketing and SEO....
